...themselves reasonable creatures, have reason enough to settle their differences without cutting throats; for in my opinion, there never was a good war or a bad peace.1 —Benjamin Franklin With the coming of peace, people everywhere began feverishly to organize...

...later, Benjamin Franklin wrote to his friend John Quincy in Boston: "We are all friends with England and all mankind. May we never see another War! For in...opinion there never was a good war or a bad peace." * Located in the Latin Quarter, on the rue Jacob, the building is marked today by a simple plaque of...

...After signing the Declaration of Independence, which was adopted on July 4, 1776. "May we never have another war. For in my opinion there never was a good war or a bad peace.' After signing the peace treaty between the United States and Great Britain in 1783. Important Dates...

...Speaker: 10. There! I guess King George will be able to read that without his glasses. Speaker: 11. In my opinion, there never was a good war or a bad peace. Speaker: 12. I desire you would remember the ladies. Speaker: Extra Challenge: Identify the occasion...

...reasonable creatures, have reason and sense enough to settle their differences without cutting throats; for, in my opinion, there never 'was a good 'war or a bad, peace" Franklin asserted that war always cost more than either adversary could hope to gain and that the victor...

...signing in 1783 of the treaties between America and England and America and France, Franklin wrote: "May we never see another war! For in my opinion there never was a good war or a bad peace." An elderly Franklin was a guiding presence at the Constitutional Convention of 1787. It was he who...

...creatures, have reason and sense enough to settle their differences without cutting their throats. May we never see another war! For in my opinion there never was a good war, or a bad peace. What vast additions to the conveniences and comforts of living might mankind have acquired if the money...

...^War, would go on to become the second president o\ the new "United States of America. He continued, "May we never see another war! For in my opinion there never was a good war or a bad peace." Although while in France Franklin worked tirelessly for the American cause, he enjoyed a rich social...

...commissioners signed the final treaty in September 1783. "I hope it will be lasting," wrote Franklin, "for in my opinion, there never was a good war or a bad peace." But signatures upon paper could not blot out years of anger and humiliation. While many Americans wished...

...creatures, have reason and sense enough to settle their differences without cutting their throats. May we never see another war! For in my opinion there never was a good war, or a bad peace. What vast additions to the conveniences and comforts of living might mankind have acquired if the money...